What Will You Learn Tomorrow?
I’ve written about communication, collaboration, and our “flat world” before, but those concepts were irrevocably redefined for me late yesterday afternoon. The following is an email from a teacher in Lebanon whose students have been participating in a distance learning cultural exchange with our sixth grade World Cultures class:
i have told u in my previuos message that so far all is well but this didnt last even till midnight. first theres no school tomorrow and we dont know till when. second im now writing this and the sound of bullets and bombs in my ears. since my city Aley is near a Shiite city, they came to us and our men went are trying to prevent them from occupying the city. my brother and cousins went all with weapons to fiught but the sad things is that they have never shoot a gun they even dont know how but they have to defend the city. pray for us and thanks again for ur concern. hope to be at school soon and to get ur package. all people are very nervous and some old women r crying. i will learn how to fire a gun tomorrow in case something happens. may god punish all those who r responsible of chaning our country from a paradise to hell.
“see” u soon
I can only speak for myself, but the things I had planned to learn tomorrow seem to pale in comparison with what our friend in Lebanon faces. What will you learn tomorrow…and will it make a difference in the world?
